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- Landing_Craft_Assault length "12649.2".
- Landing_Craft_Assault abstract "The Landing Craft Assault (LCA) was a landing craft used extensively in World War II. Its primary purpose was to ferry troops from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores. The craft derived from a prototype designed by John I. Thornycroft Ltd. of Woolston, Hampshire, UK. During the war it was manufactured throughout the United Kingdom in places as various as small boatyards and furniture manufacturers. The design was also produced in Commonwealth boatyards in the Far East.Typically constructed of hardwood planking and selectively clad with armour plate, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat with a crew of four could ferry an infantry platoon of 31, with space to spare for five additional specialist troops, to shore at 7 knots (13 km/h). Men generally entered the boat by walking over a gangplank from the boat deck of a troop transport as the LCA hung from its davits. When loaded, the LCA was lowered into the water. Soldiers exited by the boat's bow ramp.The LCA was the most common British and Commonwealth landing craft of World War II, and the humblest vessel admitted to the books of the Royal Navy on D-Day. Prior to July 1942, these craft were referred to as "Assault Landing Craft" (ALC), but "Landing Craft; Assault" (LCA) was used thereafter to conform with the joint US-UK nomenclature system.Landing craft could hardly be adored by soldiers required to endure rides in them through any sea conditions. Still, the design’s sturdy hull, load capacity, low silhouette, shallow draft, little bow wave, and silenced engines were all assets that benefited the occupants. The extent of its light armour, proof against rifle bullets and shell splinters with similar ballistic power recommended the LCA. Also, many a Tommy and GI looked favourably upon the luxury of seating in the well for the soldier passengers. Throughout the war in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean, the LCA was the most likely sea assault transport of British Commandos, United States Army Rangers, and other Special Forces.".
- Landing_Craft_Assault length "12.6492".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipBeam "3.048".
- Landing_Craft_Assault thumbnail Canadian_landings_at_Juno_Beach.jpg?width=300.
- Landing_Craft_Assault type Landing_craft.
- Landing_Craft_Assault wikiPageID "2978641".
- Landing_Craft_Assault wikiPageRevisionID "602164407".
- Landing_Craft_Assault builders "John I. Thornycroft Ltd. and others".
- Landing_Craft_Assault builtRange "1939".
- Landing_Craft_Assault classAfter "LCA , Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)".
- Landing_Craft_Assault classBefore "Various ship's boats and cutters".
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- Landing_Craft_Assault name "Landing Craft Assault".
- Landing_Craft_Assault operators "border|link=|24pxRoyal Canadian Navy".
- Landing_Craft_Assault operators "border|link=|24pxRoyal Indian Navy".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipArmament "* 1 × Bren light machine gun * possibly 2 × Lewis Gun * 2 × 2-inch mortar fitted aft".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipArmour "10".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipArmour "7.8".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipCrew "Four: coxswain, two seamen and a stoker plus one officer per group of three boats".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipDraught "light: 1 ft 1 in fwd, 1 ft 9 in aft".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipDraught "loaded: 1 ft 9 in fwd, 2 ft 3 in aft".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipPropulsion "2".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipRamps "1".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipRange "50".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipSpeed "10".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipTroops "36".
- Landing_Craft_Assault shipType "Landing craft".
- Landing_Craft_Assault totalShipsActive "0".
- Landing_Craft_Assault totalShipsCompleted "~2,000".
- Landing_Craft_Assault totalShipsLost "1939".
- Landing_Craft_Assault subject Category:British_Commando_Transport_Ships.
- Landing_Craft_Assault subject Category:Landing_craft.
- Landing_Craft_Assault subject Category:Royal_Navy.
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- Landing_Craft_Assault comment "The Landing Craft Assault (LCA) was a landing craft used extensively in World War II. Its primary purpose was to ferry troops from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores. The craft derived from a prototype designed by John I. Thornycroft Ltd. of Woolston, Hampshire, UK. During the war it was manufactured throughout the United Kingdom in places as various as small boatyards and furniture manufacturers.".
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- Landing_Craft_Assault depiction Canadian_landings_at_Juno_Beach.jpg.
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